Best Picture: Mystic RiverBest Director: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBest Actor: Sean Penn in Mystic RiverBest Actress: Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and FogBest Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins in Mystic RiverBest Supporting Actress: Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic RiverBest Original Screenplay: Finding NemoBest Adapted Screenplay: Mystic RiverBest Score: Finding NemoBest Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBest Costume Design: Down with LoveBest Editing: City of GodBest Cinematography: Girl with a Pearl EarringBest Sound: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBest Foreign Film: City of God

Sabin wrote:RE: Dogville, von TrierLars von Trier is the only filmmaker in the world right now where a person can cite some of his movies as some of the best ever made and others as some of the worst...

Yup. I think Breaking the Waves and Dogville are the best of their respective years, and Dancer in the Dark is world-class as well.

On the OTHER hand, I think Manderlay is a snooze, Melancholia utter nonsense, and Antichrist one of the worst experiences of my entire life. And I don't just mean MOVIE-GOING experiences. I mean experiences, period. As in, it's a wonder I didn't require psychological help after enduring it.

ksrymy wroteAnd see, I think Melancholia was one of the five best films of last year. Antichrist is only known around the world today as "that Netflix movie where the lady cuts her clit off."

It should be known as "that Netflix movie where Charlotte Gainboroug drills a wheel into Willem DaFoe's leg, crushes his testicles with a small rock, beats him off until he ejaculates blood -- and then he goes for a walk."

"If you are marching with white nationalists, you are by definition not a very nice person. If Malala Yousafzai had taken part in that rally, you'd have to say 'Okay, I guess Malala sucks now.'" ~ John Oliver

RE: ElephantI should reconsider because even though it's beautiful visual storytelling, it's mostly in the service of nothing. I need to see it again. And by "I need to see it again", I mean "I probably never will."

RE: Dogville, von TrierLars von Trier is the only filmmaker in the world right now where a person can cite some of his movies as some of the best ever made and others as some of the worst...and there is zero consensus as to which ones are which. Some think Antichrist and Dancer in the Dark are his best, others think they're his worst. And these are fans! I love Breaking the Waves and Dogville, I don't really care for Dancer in the Dark and Melancholia, and I hate Antichrist.

"If you are marching with white nationalists, you are by definition not a very nice person. If Malala Yousafzai had taken part in that rally, you'd have to say 'Okay, I guess Malala sucks now.'" ~ John Oliver

Sabin wrote:I'm pretty sure that Dogville was released stateside in 2004. It was a 2003 Cannes premiere, but it wasn't released here until March of 2004. It would be my favorite film of 2003 and you and I are going to face a very lonely battle on that one.

I feel like I may be the only person who likes Lars von Trier around here. I only ever read negative things about him although I do recognize that he is very misogynistic, but women in trouble are so much more watchable than men in trouble.

"Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm pretty sure that Dogville was released stateside in 2004. It was a 2003 Cannes premiere, but it wasn't released here until March of 2004. It would be my favorite film of 2003 and you and I are going to face a very lonely battle on that one.

"If you are marching with white nationalists, you are by definition not a very nice person. If Malala Yousafzai had taken part in that rally, you'd have to say 'Okay, I guess Malala sucks now.'" ~ John Oliver

Best Picture01. Capturing the Friedmans02. Crimson Gold03. Dogville04. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring05. The Triplets of Belleville06. American Splendor07. All the Real Girls08. Kill Bill Vol. 109. I Capture the Castle10. Mystic River

Best DirectorSofia Coppola, Lost in TranslationClaire Denis, Friday NightPeter Sollett, Raising Victor VargasQuentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Vol. 1Peter Weir, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Lead MalePaul Bettany, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldJohnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlPeter Dinklage, The Station AgentBill Murray, Lost in TranslationCampbell Scott, The Secret Lives of Dentists

"If you are marching with white nationalists, you are by definition not a very nice person. If Malala Yousafzai had taken part in that rally, you'd have to say 'Okay, I guess Malala sucks now.'" ~ John Oliver